Northern Great Plains Joint Venture - III | F18AS00290

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The Northern Great Plains Joint Venture - III grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00290) is a discretionary grant offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. It is structured as a single-source award under DOI policy (505 DM 2.14 B), meaning the agency intended to make one award to a specific recipient or partnership rather than run a broad competitive process. The funding is aimed at supporting work across the Northern Great Plains Joint Venture (NGPJV) landscape, where large blocks of public lands managed by entities such as the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sit within a larger mosaic of privately owned land and state-managed lands. The maximum funding level listed is $1,250,000, with one expected award.

The core purpose of the grant is to strengthen the science and decision-support backbone that partners use to conserve and manage grassland- and wetland-dependent ecosystems and wildlife. A major emphasis is on developing, assembling, coordinating, and integrating scientific tools and research so that agencies, conservation organizations, and local partners can prioritize conservation projects more effectively and apply best management practices. Rather than funding on-the-ground restoration alone, the opportunity is focused on the information infrastructure that helps guide those actions: the models, datasets, analytical approaches, and coordinated research products that improve how decisions are made across a large, multi-ownership landscape.

A second major theme is improving grazing management outcomes in ways that support healthy, diverse grasslands and wetlands. The grant aims to compile and synthesize information that can be translated into practical best management practices for both private landowners and public land managers. In the Northern Great Plains, grazing is a dominant land use and a key driver of habitat condition, so the opportunity is designed to help partners identify approaches to grazing that sustain working lands while also maintaining or enhancing habitat values for wildlife, including species that rely on intact grasslands, wetlands, and riparian areas.

Because the NGPJV region includes many neighboring jurisdictions and landownership types, the opportunity also highlights coordination and relationship-building as an explicit outcome. The partnership is described as uniquely positioned to improve dialogue among federal agencies, state agencies, conservation groups, and private landowners, and to build trust within local communities. In practice, that means the funded work is expected to make science usable and shared across boundaries, reduce information gaps that can create conflict, and support collaborative planning where management decisions on one property affect ecological conditions on adjacent lands.

Finally, the grant places strong weight on building the scientific baseline for grassland birds and other wildlife across the joint venture geography. By improving monitoring, assessment, and synthesis of wildlife and habitat information, the effort is intended to ensure that future conservation and regulatory decisions, including those connected to the Endangered Species Act, rest on rigorous science and thorough analysis. The end result the agency is seeking is a better-supported, more coordinated conservation strategy for grasslands, wetlands, and riparian systems in the Northern Great Plains, with decision tools and shared evidence that partners can rely on for long-term planning and credible policy choices.

Administrative details from the notice indicate it was created on August 6, 2018, with an original closing date of August 13, 2018. The funding activity categories listed are Information and Statistics and Natural Resources, with CFDA number 15.637, and eligibility is broadly labeled as "Others" with additional clarification referenced in the full eligibility text.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the information and statistics, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Northern Great Plains Joint Venture - III" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.637.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 06, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 13, 2018 This Single Source Award is being awarded in accordance with Department of the Interior Policy 505 DM 2.14 B.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,250,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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